Vincristine

In this video, Tycel Phillips, MD, discusses treatment options available to patients with DLBCL.

In this video, Tycel Phillips, MD, discusses challenges in diagnosing DLBCL.

Pediatric-inspired protocols and hyper-CVAD conferred comparable survival for adolescents and young adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to study results.

NEW ORLEANS — Health-related quality of life in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma improved in a comparison of two therapy regimens.

The replacement of vincristine with brentuximab vedotin in standard front-line treatment appeared safe and effective among children and adolescents with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma, according to phase 2 study results.

A 7-year-old boy presented to a satellite office of the New England Eye Center after referral from a local optometrist for persistently decreased vision despite appropriate spectacle correction for myopia and astigmatism. The optometrist had diagnosed him with refractory amblyopia and referred him for further evaluation given minimal improvement in vision with glasses and a short trial with patching.

Findings that people who ate large amounts of yogurt and dietary fiber had a decreased risk for lung cancer was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

A shortage of the chemotherapy drug vincristine, which is essential to the treatment of most pediatric cancers, has left the oncology community struggling to find short-term solutions while recognizing the need for long-term reform.